Miguel is closing 2012 with five Grammy nominations, studio time with Beyonce and an ongoing tour with Trey Songz. (The trek reaches its one Canadian stop, Toronto, December 11 at Kool Haus.) And since his psychedelic, slow-jamming collection, Kaleidoscope Dream, arrived in the fall, Miguel’s woozy, heart on his leather-jacket-sleeve R&B has put him in the company of others who re-invented the genre in the last year — artists like Frank Ocean, The Weekend.

The record’s lead single, “Adorn” is one of our best-loved tunes of the year — his too, it turns out.

But Miguel shared his other favourite song of 2012 with canada.com.

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Q: What’s your favourite song of the year?

A: I mean, “Adorn” definitely is one of my favourite songs of the year, but that fun. record “We are Young?” That sh*t is dope as f*ck.

I saw the video WAY early in the morning, and I don’t really watch television, but I happened to land on a red eye flight, and I got home and was kind of decompressing and chilling and I couldn’t sleep, so I turned on the television and VH1 was on […] and it was the video for the fun. record with Janelle Monae. I was like, “the song’s crazy.”

Q: Has it had any influence on your work?

A: Definitely. I think there’s a song on the album called “The Thrill” and “We Are Young” was kind of like a reference that I used to explain [what I wanted] to the people who co-produced the record with me [The Phatboiz]. … ‘Cause it’s kind of like that quintessential dive bar song, you know what I’m saying?

[It’s about] drunken bouts, being tired, everyone in the f*cking bar, 3 a.m. and all chanting together. It’s that song. And man, I’m not a real big club goer but I love that vibe. That’s my sh*t. That’s what I want to hear. I was like “Damn, I want to do a song that captures that energy.”

Watch “We Are Young” by fun. featuring Janelle Monae:

Watch “Adorn” by Miguel:

Check back to canada.com in the days ahead as we roll out Best Music of 2012 picks from more of your favourite pop stars including Carly Rae Jepsen and The Wanted.